Colonialism Past and Present: Reading and Writing about Colonial Latin America TodayAlvaro Felix Bolanos, Alvaro Félix Bolaños, Gustavo Verdesio, Gustavo Also Verdesio SUNY Press, 1. jaan 2002 - 300 pages This collection of essays offers alternative readings of historical and literary texts produced during Latin America s colonial period. By considering the political and ideological implications of the texts interpretation yesterday and today, it attempts to decolonize the field of Latin American studies and promote an ethical, interdisciplinary practice that does not falsify or appropriate knowledge produced by both the colonial subjects of the past and the oppressed subjects of the present. |
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